SUMMER 2008
INTERNSHIP/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IN
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
INSTITUTE
FOR LEARNING INNOVATION
The Institute for Learning Innovation offers a
three-month, paid internship/professional development opportunity as a Research
and Evaluation Assistant. The Summer 2008 Deborah A. Carey Internship begins in
June 2008, ends twelve weeks later (start and end dates are flexible), and has
a stipend of $1,600 per month. Internships occur at our offices near
The Research and Evaluation Assistant will work on a
variety of projects, which may include evaluation of museum programs or exhibitions,
community-based or technology-based programs, or other programs in non-formal learning
environments. Past interns have worked on a front-end evaluation of an
exhibition at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, formative evaluation of
exhibitions for the National Children’s Museum, audience research at the
American Philosophical Society to understand visitor’s attitudes about
museums’ use of reproductions and original artifacts in exhibitions, a
summative evaluation of a teacher development program, and a variety of other
evaluations and research studies. Duties are specific to projects that are
available at the time of the internship and will include some or all of the
following tasks:
·
Coordinating aspects of evaluation
planning and design. The candidate may work with a project manager to formulate
the initial design and conceptualization of an evaluation project.
·
Collecting data in the field. Data
collection may involve conducting interviews, observations, or tracking in a
museum, community-based organization, or free-choice learning institution.
·
Reducing and analyzing data.
Candidates may code and enter data into the appropriate software program as
well as run specific reports/tests.
·
Writing portions of technical
reports that interpret and summarize data.
Applicants must be either 1) working on or have
completed their master's degree in museum education or a related field and have
had some experience and/or course work in evaluation or research design; or 2)
working on a PhD and have relevant experience and/or course work. Our goal is
to provide a mutually beneficial experience in which the intern learns new
skills while providing of high quality work. The ideal candidate must learn
quickly and be able to work simultaneously on several of the many projects with
which
Applications will be accepted through
March 1, 2008
Application for consideration must include all of the
following:
·
A brief cover letter
·
A current cv/resume
·
Three letters of reference
·
In 2-3 pages please provide the
following information as best you can:
o Briefly
describe your interest and/or experience with free-choice learning and visitor
studies
o Briefly
describe any experience or involvement you have had with front-end, formative,
remedial, or summative evaluation
o Briefly
describe your research interests in free-choice learning or visitor studies and
steps you have taken to pursue those interests
o Share
how you see your career or academic goals supported by an internship with
o Briefly
describe the personal strengths and skills that you would bring to the internship,
Application materials should be sent electronically to
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Institute for Learning
Innovation,
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(410) 956-5144
(410) 956-5148
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